TAC-MAAS, a development of the strategic MAAS system, offers real-time and near real-time target analysis to deployed forces. It provides full-motion video capture, archive and exploitation capabilities. It makes use of the D-VEX software developed in Australia by General Dynamics Mediaware, a part of GD-AIS.

“We are excited by this collaboration with Mediaware in Australia,” said Simon Olsen, director, Business Development, Strategy & Partnerships for Sentient.

“It brings the full toolkit of a strategic MAAS exploitation product into the hands of the tactical user, with the additional capability of automated target detection,” he said.

TAC-MAAS allows operators to enhance full-motion video received off platforms, such as unmanned vehicles, by tagging and analyzing events in real-time. The integration of the Kestrel Land and Maritime software will allow detection of small moving targets.

The two companies have previously collaborated to produce a processing, exploitation and dissemination system for Australia’s RQ-7B Shadow 200 UAV, deployed operationally in Afghanistan, and in June signed a technical partnership agreement.